Ledger or account book kept by early Williamsburg, Mass., physician, tavern-keeper, and farmer Elijah Paine, recording payment in goods and labor as well as money, chiefly from residents of Williamsburg but also extending into several adjoining towns.; Bound volume, covered in vellum, heavily worn, text block coming loose from case, gathered [1¹² 2¹⁴ 3-4¹⁸ 5-6¹⁴], 1/1-2 and 6/11-14 almost entirely torn out, several other leaves damaged.; Entries on all leaves, and on pastedowns.; Accompanied by an alphabetical index of persons named in the ledger, with date of first entry pertaining to each one. Index available at http://www.meekins-library.org/PaineLedgerIndex.pdf.

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